Product category
Home Medical & Assistance Devices
This category tracks 27 consumer products in the CPSC NEISS injury database, together accounting for roughly 369,575 emergency-room visits a year - the 11th-highest of 26 tracked categories by ER volume.
- 27
- products tracked
- 369,575
- ER visits / year
- 36
- avg danger score
- 8.8%
- avg hospitalization rate
CPSC NEISS escalation ladder
Category extract #11/33 Home Medical & Assistance Devices
Home Medical & Assistance Devices · 27 scored · 369,575 ER/yr · avg 36/100
- RANK #11
- RANK 369,575
- RANK 36
- RANK 52
- RANK 8.8%
- RANK 0
- RANK 27
- RANK Home Communication & Entertainment
ER-volume peers
Photo peer: Home Communication & Entertainment (393,933/yr)
According to PlainSafety's CPSC NEISS corpus ranking, Home Medical & Assistance Devices ranks #11 of 33 tracked product categories by summed average annual ER visits. How we place categories →
Danger score versus ER volume
Danger score versus ER volume
According to CPSC NEISS, Crutches, Canes Or Walkers leads this category's danger score at 52/100 (100,182/yr) while Wheelchairs leads estimated ER volume at 123,251/yr (danger score 47/100). They are not the same ranking.
- 52/100
- Crutches, Canes Or Walkers danger score #1 of 27
- 123,251/yr
- Wheelchairs ER volume #1 of 27
- 100,182/yr
- Crutches, Canes Or Walkers ER volume (not #1)
- 47/100
- Wheelchairs danger score (not #1)
Ranks compare the 27 scored products in Home Medical & Assistance Devices from the same CPSC NEISS extract. Danger score is not ER-visit volume.
Home Medical & Assistance Devices vs all categories by estimated annual ER visits
Where this category's summed average annual ER volume sits among every tracked product category (exposure rank, not a danger score)
369,575 11th of 26 higher than 15 of 26 categories
Product categories, banded by estimated average annual ER visits
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Source CPSC NEISS · 2026-08-31
Where injuries concentrate in Home Medical & Assistance Devices
Estimated average annual ER visits for the highest-volume products in this category.
The Home Medical & Assistance Devices safety profile
Average danger score across the 27 scored products, and how they split across the danger tiers.
Every product in Home Medical & Assistance Devices, by danger score
| Score | Product |
|---|---|
| 52 | Crutches, Canes Or Walkers |
| 47 | Wheelchairs |
| 46 | First Aid Equipment |
| 45 | Pet Supplies |
| 41 | Motorized Vehicles, Nec (3 Or More Wheels) |
| 41 | Matches, Not Specified small sample |
| 40 | Electric Holiday Decorations (excl. Christmas Tree Lights) |
| 40 | Tombstones Or Grave Markers small sample |
| 39 | Public Use Items, Not Elsewhere Classified |
| 39 | Christmas Decorations (nonelectric) |
| 39 | Christmas Tree Lights |
| 38 | Vending Machines |
| 36 | Tarpaulins |
| 36 | Seasonal Decorations |
| 35 | Artificial Christmas Trees |
| 34 | Flares small sample |
| 32 | Heating Or Cooling Comfort Packs (nonelectric) small sample |
| 32 | Lockers |
| 32 | Party Favors small sample |
| 32 | Christmas Tree Stands Or Supports small sample |
| 31 | Ashtrays, Electric Or Battery Operated small sample |
| 30 | Ashtrays, Not Elec. Or Battery Or Not Specified |
| 28 | Coin-operated Car-washing Equipment small sample |
| 28 | Music Boxes Or Chimes small sample |
| 28 | Lunch Boxes Or Pails small sample |
| 26 | Wooden Matches small sample |
| 20 | Matchbooks small sample |
12 products are marked small sample: fewer than 1,000 estimated ER visits a year, so the danger score rests on few NEISS cases. They stay in this list but are left out of the national danger ranking.
Compare beyond volume rank
Nationwide peers by summed ER volume & peak danger score
Two PlainSafety-derived comparison paths for Home Medical & Assistance Devices: other NEISS product categories nearest on summed estimated annual ER visits (369,575/yr) and highest member danger score (52/100). Volume rank above/below stays on the adjacent-category ladder.
Similar summed ER volume
Nearest categories by total estimated annual ER visits across all member products.
Similar peak danger score
Nearest categories by the highest PlainSafety danger score among member products.
Source: U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS), 2005–2024.
Source: CPSC SaferProducts.gov consumer incident reports and CPSC recall announcements.
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